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Scottish CND Push for Transparency after 505 safety incidents revealed at Faslane
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- Published on Monday, 19 November 2018 15:49
Scottish CND push for transparency around the Annual Nuclear Safety Reports from the Defence Nuclear Safety Regulator which have recently been censored by the Ministry of Defence.
The Ferret (an independent non-profit media cooperative in Scotland) published a letter from Stuart Andrew, defence minister yesterday revealing 505 safety incidents at the Faslane naval base in the last 12 years (over 200 in the last four years). Many of these incidents involved the Trident submarines which carry Britain's nuclear weapons.
The article states that 23 incidents were catergorised as having a 'high potential' for leaking radioactivity into the environment or within a submarine or building. Some 148 incidents were said to have a 'moderate potential for future release or exposure'.
Scotland: A Peace of History
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- Published on Thursday, 04 October 2018 14:21
We invite you to celebrate with us!
2018 marks the sixtieth anniversary of the formation of the Scottish ‘Council’ for Nuclear Disarmament. We want to use the occasion to showcase and celebrate our history, whilst also looking to our future. To this end, we are creating a timeline of important actions and events, both from within and out with our movement, spanning over eighty years! We have gratefully received funding from the National Lottery’s Heritage Lottery Fund for the timeline project. We hope the final results will be nostalgic, inspiring, and educational.
Launch Event
Sat 15 Dec 2018 12-4pm Mitchell Library, Glasgow
- 12:30pm - Informal opening ceremony with some brief speeches and some music
- 1:00pm - 4:00pm - An opportunity to view the exhibition which celebrates the 60th anniversary of Scottish CND.
Scottish CND members, supporters and people from the wider Scottish Peace Movement are very welcome to attend the opening and view the exhibition on Saturday 15th December 2018. More information can be found on the Facebook event.
Alarm as UK backs US Move to Ditch Key Nuclear Weapon Treaty
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- Published on Monday, 22 October 2018 09:53
Scottish anti-nuclear campaigners have reacted with anger and alarm at UK Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson's unequivocal backing for the US intention to withdraw from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF).
The INF is a bi-lateral treaty between the US and Russia and bans the deployment of nuclear weapons with a range between 300 and 3400 miles. The INF was agreed by Reagan and Gorbachev in 1987 in mutual recognition that weapon systems like the US Pershing and the Soviet SS 20 dangerously reduced the threshold for all-out nuclear war. Intermediate-range nuclear weapon systems were the main focus of disarmament movements in the 80's, such as Greenham Common.
Resolutions and Amendments for Scottish CND AGM 2018
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- Published on Thursday, 18 October 2018 13:27
Below is the list of resolutions to be discussed at the Scottish Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament Annual General Meeting on Saturday 10th November 2018 from 10:00am until 3:00pm.
Any individual member of the Scottish Group or affiliated group who would like to put forward any amendments to these resolutions should do so by 4pm on Saturday 3rd November 2018.
Amendments should be emailed to both our campaign worker Emma Cockburn at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and Scottish CND secretary Jean Anderson at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Alternatively, amendments can be hand delivered to the Scottish CND office at 77 Southpark Avenue, Glasgow, G12 8LE between 12pm and 4pm Monday to Friday.
UN Opens Month of Action on Disarmament
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- Published on Sunday, 14 October 2018 13:30
The 2018 UN session on Disarmament and International Security opened on 8th October with strong calls on the nuclear armed countries to slash nuclear weapons budgets, reallocate these funds to the Sustainable Development Goals and take action to reduce the risk of nuclear war and advance nuclear disarmament.
Join the Nae Nukes rally, 22 Sep
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- Published on Wednesday, 05 September 2018 10:11
NAE NUKES ANYWHERE! – International Rally at Faslane 22nd September 2018
Gather at Faslane Peace Camp at 12 noon and walk from the Peace Camp to the North Gate of the base for the rally, a distance of around a mile. The rally should end between 3 and 4 p.m.
The rally will feature speakers from many countries. Confirmed to date are: Sharon Dolev (Israel), Founding director of the Israeli Disarmament Movement, Ekatrina Earsalovna (Russia), Professor of International Relation, Ural Federal University, Anthony Donovan, writer, organiser and documentary maker on peace and disarmament from New York, Emad Kiyaei (Iran), a consultant who provides political, business and civil society leaders with strategic advice in the intersection of political risk, diplomacy and technology, Maaike Beenes (The Netherlands), a young campaigner with PAX in the Netherlands, Members of the People’s Democratic Party (South Korea) who visited Scotland as part of their Peace Expedition, Allison Pytlak (Reaching Critical Will), who was awarded, along with Ray Acheson, the UN Women’s Champion for Change status this year for their advocacy in the campaign for the TPNW and Timmon Wallis (United States) – National Co-ordinator of NuclearBan.US.
If you wish to make a donation for the rally please use the "Donate" button the right side of our website, visit our crowdfunding page here or send a cheque to the Scottish CND office.
As well as the rally itself there will be other events over that weekend to take advantage of the presence of campaigners from far and wide.
Full programme, bus details and other info available here
The aim of the rally is to to highlight the strength of support from many UN member states for Scotland, a country hosting nuclear weapons against its wishes. Scotland is a significant and relatively autonomous part of a nuclear-armed state which opposes its possession of weapons of mass destruction. As things stand we cannot become a party to the new UN Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons but there are lots of ways in which we can align ourselves to the Treaty. The September rally will be a fine opportunity to mark our determination to do so.
Spring/Summer 2018 Nuclear Free Scotland
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- Published on Wednesday, 29 August 2018 13:52
This spring/summer edition of Nuclear Free Scotland has 20 full colour pages packed with news and information of the activities of Scottish CND and local CND groups over the past six months in A5 format.
Feature articles discuss the Youth Peace Academy, Sink the Glasgow Arms Fair Coalition and preparation for the Nae Nukes Anywhere International March and Rally on 22nd September 2018 and many more.